Russia proposed to take Ukraine’s place in cooperation on Brazil's Alcantara Launch Center, Vice-Premier Dmitry Rogozin said

Tsyklon rocket

MOSCOW, April 24. /TASS/. Russia has offered to take Ukraine’s place in cooperation on Alcantara Launch Center, which has been practically severed through Kiev’s fault, Russian Vice-Premier Dmitry Rogozin said.

"Brazil is trying to develop its own space port. Unfortunately, due to the fact that Ukraine has practically lost its engineering potential, the Brazilian-Ukrainian project on the use of the Tsyklon rockets on the cosmodrome on Brazil’s northern Atlantic coast has been practically curtailed," Rogozin told reporters.

"But Russia has offered its own options," he added.

"Rogozin recalled that Russia had already deployed several GLONASS stations to Brazil. "And we have ideas how to help Brazil in terms of developing space ports," the vice-premier noted.